Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-16

Is us EE9 win KIND OF 4Qkz08f1E
1nazsnen1- Ga ssary hand ! eaeoan-
80 aneaa Senators. amonR kaprsssn-
talsrs4 smong TIE peopts. bnt ons ssn
liDenE. and k1at y oiseont1nt and fore-
bodina. Ths EepuoIioanB sra iuhiiant. /
he Prsaidanf sits with his heek spsn /
ths ssenss aDd bat yesterday said - , 1
friend va thinka ius1 - ! Do. II 0s-
lisss have done prssiy we'll consider
He ID tia enc man IL Washineton Who /
b biind % the truth and deaf 70 eonn- |
sela- Esen the 1eeretaFy Of State. Who /
has lived nest Of his life n pessh-
blow vase 500 nniiss beyond the moon,
state Of ths eAse. Bat there seems 10 |
essviBg impressions - Of returning
70 the poina Of resentinR IL, she Preai
aent sits In the white House like q
wooden image. made 10 be wurnhipe1
bus noe 70 b loved. TO the weaker
members Of his Oabinet be has impaired
his dull self -snfhcieney and cold stolid-
ity. TIE most servile &c veil Is the
stneersst form Of fattery il imitation;
and the beRRars on heEssbaek when
Mf. Cleveland, seeking 70 discover q
neg political planet aud 20 people ID
with creatures Of bis own, br0uRhf into
being and mounted have caught the
trick Of their chief. and are eqasIly in
daafFions snd successful IN AeRlectinR
great for little things. an / in seeirg
nothing eleaFiy excspt the regulations
of the civil service. They, too. take
more Joy in one Republican Who has re-
pented asd turned muevump than 10
ninety and nise Democrats Who have
never gone asfray.
| The other evening, after . dinner
where he President met Q secret party
Of Democrats. il vas proposed 10 hold
mock Cabinet meeting. Oddly, this
Man Of DESTINY, who has as little hu-
nor ~ acumen, and had no thought Of
the trap which was set 10 catch him,
agreed 80 this. Therefore, each menu
Der ef the company turned loose upon
him. and, 10 serio comic wav, gave
him the sort Of talk the Courier Journal
has been giving him the last two
months. He listened with oomplaoen-
cy. Finally, when the last speaker, enc
Of his own political family, had put in q
a etapAoFicai knook-down night be-
tween the Executive eyes, he closed
them. and leaning back IN his chair
and playing q tattoo upon bis ample
shirt frsnt with his thumbs, he said.
with touch of offended dignity
I" Really gentlemen. cannet see how
am 20 blame for ell this, or how can
mend it." He then went On TO say that
ne would be glad 20 consult with the
Democrats Of tbs House and senate.
bus that when they came to the White
House 10 Introduce stranger or 10 in
dorse an applicant they immediately
vent away again. They, be proceeded
to explain, had their WoFk 10 do, as be
had bis. and 30 there was no time fer
consultation. There 10 not the least
doubt that he was perfectly honest in
this, a. be 10, ! believe, In all things
else. Is 10 not mess melancholy, and
almost astounding, that one who 10 by
no means destitute Of common sense
and native craft should be SO denseR
A near and old friend of bis said to ne
not long ago: "Of all the arid natures
ever encountered, his is the most aFid
he sympathizss with nobody, makes
common Gauss with nobody, and, il
the most serious Affairs. trusts wholly
and solely to fortune or caprice" The
author Of this description nursed nc
disappointment. was far beyond the
reach Of Presidential fear or favor, and
simply spoke in the spirit Of an histo-
Fian and philosopher.
This view of the President being true
be 10 the rather 20 be pitied than CEN
\ sured. In such structures as | have
made upon hIs course l have been ia.
spired by two parposes-the first TO con-
vey TO him the real opinion and FEELING
Of she party that elected him; the SEQ.
oud, to have these misundeFstandinos
IL such they are, out and done with, be-
fore the advent Of the period when We
shall all be required 30 90 10 work 10 re-
elect him. Ipreferred 20 DO this pub
iicly, because In the very friendly peT.
s0nal intercourse had had with him,
had encountered the good natured com
placency which is his distinguishes
characteristics, and which all who 40,
pFoach him find Watchfully on guard q
invite the articles of the self seekip q
and 20 repel the disinteEested.
| have never been afraid Of open deal
ing and plain speaking. In party, as in
private counsels, they clear the atmos
phers and defeat conspiracies. al have
said nothing, written nothing, done
nothing, therefore, which will occasion
me the slightest embarrassment in sup
porting him for q second term, becanae
four years more Of the present disap-
pointing order OF things would still be
| preferable 20 Republican restoration.
and, as / never intend to stop telling the
truth until l die. / shall live 10 the
blessed hose that even the obstinate IN
differentiation of this Administf sioB
will ultimately receive its impressions
and see itself az others ses it, As.
suredly, II know my osn heart, IL has
within IL NOS one shadow of in will
against the President or any MEMBER Of
his Cabinet. for two Of whom al least
entertain sentiments of affectionate re-
gard. But l truly believe thew arr
wFeskine us; that the President Is solaiv
responsible for this, though certain
members Of his Government are busv
helpiae him, and, while could hold NV
peace and leave tue boys in the trenches
with no one 30 speak for them, the Ad.
ministiation has given small IL any rea.
son for the sacrifice Of that which is the
business Of my 4ife, for the Journalists Is
nothing II not vehicle Of oommunioa.
lion and intelligence, extenuatipr mach.
has setting down nauQht In malice,
Toe boys In the trenches will Femem-
Der, If the quarsermasteFs and oomuis-
saries about headquarters have forRo..
ten, an event on the Confederate side of
our sectional war which contains an
ever. living lesson. During an. entire
year Genera Braxton Bragg vas i'm.
movable IN q certain line Of military
policy. Hevas equally rigid in bis per
sonalitJ. Like Mr.. Cleveland he was
obstinate and upright. He resisted an
rsmonstrance. he repelled all suegea-
ton. He refused all Information. He
became odious 10 the rank and file.
Finally, bis generals. unable 10 stand X |
longer, signed "round robin TO Jsf- |
erson Davis, Who-anstaer striking e.
ample Of peFverse integrity - woaid |
listen 20 nothing. Thea the crash |
came. The next time the soldiers Who /
had sworn In their hearts thas they /
would nRht no more battles undsr
BFaxton BFsRg-the brave and loyal /
boys Of the trenches who bad made the /
name Of American manhood qloFiou.
and renowned 40 Shiloh, PerryvtIle.
Murfreesboro and ChiakamanRA -
threw away their guns al Mtssienary
Ridge and aed unfrighiened FROM an /
position.
Let President Cleveland. while Pc